Card support



Oct. 20, 1942. 'R. CONNOR ETAL CARD SUPPORT Original Filed Sept. 13,1940 INVENTOR6 Ross: Comvolz 00mm A. Nsvuv 4T7'0RNEY rality ofperforations adjacent one or I Patented O ct. 20, 1942 CARD snrron'rRoger Connor and Donald A. Nevin, Athens, Ohio,

a'ssignors to The McBee Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original applicationSe No. 356,632. Divid Company, Athens,

ptember 13, 1940, Serial and this application March-20, 1941, Serial No.384,363

.5 Claims. (01. 129 16.1) Our invention relates more specifically to theclass of card supports described in our Patent No. 2,261,717 datedNovember 4, 1941, of which this is a division.

In that patent is shown a device designed to support a stack of cardssuch as are known to the tradeas Keysort being an embodiment of thecards described and illustrated in United States Patent No. 1,544,172issued to Alfred Perkins June 30, 1925.

Cards of this type are provided with a plumore edges.

These cards are then notched or slotted to cut away that portion of thecard intermediate a perforation and the edge of the card thus form- .inga pattern ,of notcheswhich refer to a single classification. When thisis done a stack of .mixed cards can be sorted into numerical or otherdesired sequence in the manner set forth in the said Perkins patent, towhich reference may be had for complete disclosure.

In making either a sequential or a selective sort of cards of this typeit is customary for the operator to grasp as many cards as can beconveniently held in one hand. This stack or group of cards are thenevened up on a table top, or desk. A sorting needle is then passedthrough the various perforations for the purpose of separating thedesired cards. 7

It will be clear that not only must the operator grasp the stack ofcards firmly but in order to obtain the desired result they must be heldso that the perforations and notches will be in correct registration.Moreover when a multiple needle sorting device such as is describedincur Patent No. 2,261,719 dated November 4, 1941, is used it is highlydesirable to provide some means to permit the removal of the cardsselected either by a single or a multiple needle after removal of theneedle.

Our invention has for its principal object to provide a card supportwhich can be so manipu lated by the operator that after any sort hasbeen made the bottom of the support may be shifted permitting certainpredetermined cards to drop below the remainder.

Our means of accomplishing the foregoing ob ject may be more readilyunderstood by having reference to the accompanying drawing which ishereunto annexed and is a part of this specification in which v Fig. 1is an isometric improved suppo Fig. 2 is a detail view,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view perspective view of our offset Fig.4 is a fragmentary detail view of a portion of the sliding bottomshowing the truncated corrugations.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entiredescription:

As shown in the drawing our invention comprises a base I which has twoupwardly extending side walls 2. and 3 and an end wall 4. The side wall3 is preferably provided with a shoulder 5 which may be cast or formedwith a longitudinal slot 6 which extends the entire length of the sidewall.

A master plateor' template I, which has a series of notches 8 on oneside which correspond to andare in register with the notches andperforations in the cards which are to be sorted, is provided. Thismasterplate 1 may also have a series of notches 9 on one of its endswhich should correspond to and register with perforations or notches onthe ends of the Perkins cards, should.

it be desired to make use of that portion of the cards. The master plate1 is formed with an plate being offset sufficiently to extend over theshoulder 5 and thus cause the surface of the master plate and thesurface ll of the side to present an unbroken surface.

The bottom I has a arl corrugations I2 should have their sides I 3 andI4 inclined somewhat in the manner illustrated. They may be secured tothe bottom by spot welding or in any other suitable or convenientmanner.

Mounted above the bare or bottom I is a sliding or false bottom of whichis plane.

false bottom corrugations IS, the upper or top surface On the lowersurface of this I5 we attach a number of truncated I 6 which are similarto those attached to the top surface of the base or bottom I. Thesecorrugations l6 are provided with inclined sides I! and H! which areadapted to slide on the sides l3 and H.

The operation When the false bottom it is as shown in full lin slidingthis false bottom rugations l6 to drop into the spaces between the sidesI3 and it of the corrugations 12 as clearly seen in Fig. 3

When the cards are resting on the false bottom in its up or normalposition and the master plate 1 is in place, the sorting needle ispassed through the desired perforations. After the desired cards areimpaled the plate I5 is moved inwardly across es in Fig. 3. Obviouslyportion m which is fitted to the slot 6. The

plurality of truncated cor-- y seen in Fig. 3. These of our invention isas follows:

I5 is in normal position 15 will permit the cor-,

the base I so that the false bottom drops. This drop will cause thosecards which are held. by the needle or needles to remain elevated abovethe rest. The needle or needles can then be removed and the desiredcards grasped manually as and when desired.

Having described our invention what we regard as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, Connectedupwardly extending walls on two sides of said base, a plurality ofridges on said base, a sliding bottom plate having corresponding ridgeson its under surfacecomprising a base, said base having a plurality ofridges thereon, a sliding bottom plate having corresponding ridges onits under surface adapted to drop into grooves between said base ridges,connected upwardly extending walls on two sides aeeasee or said base,one of said walls being spaced from the base and forming a slottherewith and a master plate having a series of notches in more than oneof its edges, mounted in said space.

4. A. support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, upwardlyextending walls on the sides and one end of said base, a plurality oftruncated corrugations on the top surface 01 said base, a false bottomslidably mounted between said side walls, a plurality of truncatedcorrugations on the lower surfac of said false bottom adapted toregister with the corrugations on the top surface of the base and amaster plate having a series of notches in one side and one end, saidplate being fitted to one of said side walls.

5. A support to hold cards to be sorted comprising a base, upwardlyextending walls on the sides and one end of saidbase, a plurality oftruncated corrugations on the top of said base the sides of saidcorrugations being inclined upwardly, a false bottom slidably mountedbetween said side walls, a plurality of truncated corrugations on thelower surface of said false bottom adapted to register with thecorrugations on the base, and a master plate having a series of notchesin one side and one end said plate being fitted to one of said sidewalls.

ROGER CONNOR: DONALD A. NEVIN.

